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CobiaOff seasonSpecies here · tap to switch
- Best of all
- Florida pompano70
- Spot66
- Atlantic croaker65
- Little tunny62
- Weakfish61
- Red drum59
- Bluefish58
- Black sea bass56
- Summer flounder56
- Gag grouper52
- Striped bass52
- Sheepshead50
- Black drum48
- King mackerel46
- Red snapper46
- Crevalle jack42
- Greater amberjack41
- Atlantic tarpon35
- Gray snapper35
- Gray triggerfish35
- Red grouper35
- Spanish mackerel35
- Cobia30
- Southern flounder30
- Spotted seatrout30
Best score today · 6 PM · Cobia
- Now
- 301 PM EST
- Best window
- 4-7 PMEbb tide
- Tide now
- High4.4 ft
Data from: NOAA CO-OPS + NDBC + ECMWF + Open-Meteo Marine · Waterlands engine
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14-day forecast
Best days to fish
24-hour conditions
Tuesday, Nov 3 · 6 AM
Tide & current
NOAA CO-OPS
100Tide: EbbingCurrent: 0.9 kn ebbWind & pressure
ECMWF
98Wind: 9 kt NEPressure: FallingWater temp & sky
NDBC + Open-Meteo Marine
32Water temp: 65°F, coldLight: DawnSolunar: Near a majorSeas: 3.0 ftSeason & habitat · Cobia
Species seasonality
35Off season · capped at 35Season: Off seasonHabitat: Usable structureDepth: In range
Current regulations
What you can keep here today
No rule for Cobia is on file here yet, so its status is unknown, not closed. Confirm limits with NCDMF before you keep a fish.
Source: NCDMF · synced yesterday
Seasonality · 52-week view · this week ringed
When Cobia is best here
Out of season for Cobia · shoulder season starts in 17 weeks
- Peak
- Shoulder
- Off
- This week
Spot profile
Lookout Bight
- Depth
- 5-15 ftSlope
- Structure
- Bay · Inner · Semi-exposedBay · slope
- Season
- Off seasonCobia
NOAA NCEI DEM, sampled Sep 13 on a 3.4 m grid. Depths are feet below NAVD 88, not chart datum (MLLW), so they can differ from a chart by a few feet. Not for navigation.
About this spot
Fishing Lookout Bight
Lookout Bight is a bay in Neuse and Bay Rivers, North Carolina. Depth is 5-15 ft, with a slope. Its profile reads bay, inner water and semi-exposed.
Waterlands scores 25 species here; the best right now are Florida pompano, spot and Atlantic croaker. It is peak season now for Florida pompano, little tunny, weakfish and red drum, and shoulder season for spot, Atlantic croaker, summer flounder and striped bass. Florida pompano peak from March through April and from October through November. Spot peak from September through October. Atlantic croaker peak from August through October.
Tackle & technique
- Cobia
- Cobia cruise inlets, beaches, buoys, wrecks and the backs of rays in 5 to 100 feet of water. On calm, sunny days sight-cast bucktails or live eels to fish near the surface. Otherwise anchor up-current of structure, chum, and fish live eels, crabs or menhaden near the bottom.
- Florida pompano
- Pompano feed on sand fleas and coquina clams in the trough between the beach and the first sandbar, and around the sandy edges of passes, inlets and bridges. Surf anglers fish a two-hook pompano rig with sand fleas, clams or shrimp, while boat and bridge anglers bounce small jigs along the bottom. The runs follow water temperature, heading north in spring and south in fall as the water cools.
- Spot
- Spot school over mud and sand in bays, tidal creeks and channels and around piers and bridges, generally in less than 25 feet of water. Fish a two-hook bottom rig with small hooks and bits of bloodworm or shrimp, and move until you find a school. In fall the biggest fish run out of the sounds past piers and inlets, and the bite can go all day.
Nearby spots
Other spots within an easy run
- Catfish Point73
Bar · 0.4 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 73
- Little tunny 66
- Spot 61
8 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft
- Barden Inlet72
Channel · 1.5 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 72
- Atlantic croaker 67
- Little tunny 65
10 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft
- Blinds Hammock Bay70
Bay · 2.0 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 70
- Atlantic croaker 64
- Spot 64
10 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft
- Wreck Point66
Cape · 0.3 mi
Top: Florida pompanoPeak season- Florida pompano 66
- Little tunny 66
- Spot 61
8 kt ENEL 7:42 PM · 0.8 ftH 1:43 AM · 4.1 ft
Scores and forecasts are for planning only and can be wrong. Conditions on the water change fast; check the marine forecast before you go. Regulations change during the season, so confirm limits and closures with NCDMF before you keep a fish.